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The irrational attraction of elective single-embryo transfer (eSET)
1The Center for Human Reproduction (CHR), New York and Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA. ngleicher@thechr.com
Human Reproduction (Oxford, England)
|November 24, 2012
Abstract:
In this issue of the journal, Niinimäki et al., colleagues from a pioneering Finnish center in the development of elective single-embryo transfer (eSET), propose the expansion of eSET to suitable women at ages of 40-44 years. This paper offers not only a critique of their proposal but also of eSET in general.
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